Skandapurana 6.3.21

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adhyāya 21

6.3.21.1

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
śrutaṃ me vividhāścaryaṃ tvatprasādāddvijottama .
bhūyaśca śrotumicchāmi tanme kathaya suvrata .. 21.1 ..

Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Various wonders have been heard by me through your grace, O best of brahmins; / and I wish to hear more; tell me that, O you of noble vows.

6.3.21.2

kathameṣā nadī puṇyā sarvanadīṣu cottamā .
narmadā nāma vikhyātā bhūyo me kathayānagha .. 21.2 ..

How is this sacred river, the best among all rivers, / renowned by the name Narmadā? Tell me again, O sinless one.

6.3.21.3

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī .
tārayetsarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca .. 21.3 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / The Narmadā is the best of rivers, destroying all sins; / she carries across all beings, stationary and moving.

6.3.21.4

narmadāyāstu māhātmyaṃ yatpūrveṇa mayā śrutam .
tatte'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa .. 21.4 ..

The majesty of the Narmadā which was heard by me formerly, / that I shall relate to you; listen with a single mind, O king.

6.3.21.5

gaṅgā kanakhale puṇyā kurukṣetre sarasvatī .
grāme vā yadi vāraṇye puṇyā sarvatra narmadā .. 21.5 ..

The Gaṅgā is sacred at Kanakhala; the Sarasvatī in Kurukṣetra; / whether in a village or in a forest, the Narmadā is sacred everywhere.

6.3.21.6

tribhiḥ sārasvataṃ toyaṃ saptāhena tu yāmunam .
sadyaḥ punāti gāṅgeyaṃ darśanādeva nārmadam .. 21.6 ..

The water of the Sarasvatī purifies in three [days], but that of the Yamunā in seven days; / that of the Gaṅgā purifies immediately, but that of the Narmadā merely by seeing it.

6.3.21.7

kaliṅgadeśātpaścārdhe parvate'marakaṇṭake .
puṇyā ca triṣu lokeṣu ramaṇīyā pade pade .. 21.7 ..

In the western half from the Kaliṅga country, on Mount Amarakaṇṭaka, / she is sacred in the three worlds and delightful at every step.

6.3.21.8

tatra devāśca gandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ .
tapastaptvā mahārāja siddhiṃ paramikāṃ gatāḥ .. 21.8 ..

There the gods, gandharvas, and seers whose wealth is austerity, / having practiced austerity, O great king, achieved supreme perfection. // 21.8

6.3.21.9

tatra snātvā naro rājanniyamastho jitendriyaḥ .
upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ kulānāṃ tārayecchatam .. 21.9 ..

A man who bathes there, O king, firm in vows, with senses restrained, / and fasts for a single night, would deliver a hundred lineages. // 21.9

6.3.21.10

siddhikṣetraṃ paraṃ tāta parvato hyamaraṃkaṭaḥ .
sarvadevāśrito yasmādṛṣibhiḥ parisevitaḥ .. 21.10 ..

Indeed, dear one, Mount Amarakaṇṭaka is a supreme field of perfections, / because it is resorted to by all gods and attended by seers. // 21.10

6.3.21.11

siddhavidyādharā bhūtagandharvāḥ sthānamuttamam .
dṛśyādṛśyāśca rājendra sevante siddhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ .. 21.11 ..

Siddhas, vidyādharas, bhūtas, and gandharvas, both visible and invisible, / O lord of kings, resort to that excellent place, longing for perfection. // 21.11

6.3.21.12

ahaṃ ca paramaṃ sthānaṃ tataḥ prabhṛti saṃśritaḥ .
atra praṇavarūpo vai sthāne tiṣṭhatyumāpatiḥ .. 21.12 ..

And I have taken refuge in that supreme abode from that time on. / Truly, in that place the lord of Umā resides in the form of the praṇava. // 21.12

6.3.21.13

śrīkaṇṭhaḥ sagaṇaḥ sarvabhūtasaṅghairniṣevitaḥ .
asmādgirivarādbhūpa vakṣye tīrthasya vistaram .. 21.13 ..

Śrīkaṇṭha, attended by his retinue and worshipped by multitudes of all spirits. / From this best of mountains, O king, I will recount the extent of the sacred ford, // 21.13

6.3.21.14

yāni santīha tīrthāni puṇyāni nṛpasattama .
yāni yānīha tīrthāni narmadāyāstaṭadvaye .. 21.14 ..

and whatever holy sacred fords exist here, O best of kings, / whatever sacred fords exist here on both banks of the Narmadā. // 21.14

6.3.21.15

na teṣāṃ vistaraṃ vaktuṃ śakto brahmāpi bhūpate .
yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ śrūyate sariduttamā .. 21.15 ..

Even Brahmā is not able to recount their extent, O ruler of the earth. / That best of rivers is heard to be more than a hundred yojanas [long], // 21.15

6.3.21.16

vistareṇa tu rājendra ardhayojanamāyatā .
ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyastathaiva ca .. 21.16 ..

and in breadth, O lord of kings, it extends half a yojana. / Sixty thousand sacred fords and likewise sixty crores, // 21.16

6.3.21.17

parvatādudadhiṃ yāvadubhe kūle na saṃśayaḥ .. 21.17 ..

from the mountain as far as the ocean, on both banks without doubt. // 21.17

6.3.21.18

saptaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi saptaṣaṣṭiśatāni ca .
saptaṣaṣṭistathā koṭyo vāyustīrthāni cābravīt .. 21.18 ..

Sixty-seven thousand, sixty-seven hundred, / and sixty-seven crores of sacred fords, Vāyu has declared. // 21.18

6.3.21.19

paraṃ kṛtayuge tāni yānti pratyakṣatāṃ nṛpa .
paśyanti mānavāḥ sarve satataṃ dharmabuddhayaḥ .. 21.19 ..

In the Kṛtayuga, O king, they become directly visible; / all people whose minds are fixed on dharma see them constantly. // 21.19

6.3.21.20

yathāyathā kalirghoro vartate dāruṇo nṛpa .
tathātathālpatāṃ yānti hīnasattvā yato narāḥ .. 21.20 ..

As the dread, terrible Kali[yuga] progresses, O king, / so they diminish, because mortals are diminished in spirit. // 21.20

6.3.21.21

jāleśvarāditīrthāni parvate'sminnarādhipa .
pitṛtṛptipradānyāhuḥ svargamokṣapradāni ca .. 21.21 ..

The sacred fords on this mountain beginning with Jāleśvara, O king, / are said to bestow satisfaction upon ancestors, and to grant heaven and liberation. // 21.21

6.3.21.22

śreṣṭhaṃ dāruvanaṃ tatra carukāsaṃgamaḥ śubhaḥ .
uttare narmadāyāstu carukeśvaramuttamam .. 21.22 ..

The excellent Dāruvana is there, [and] the auspicious confluence with the Carukā. / On the north of the Narmadā is the excellent Carukeśvara, // 21.22

6.3.21.23

dārukeśvaratīrthaṃ ca vyatīpāteśvaraṃ tathā .
pātāleśvaratīrthaṃ ca koṭiyajñaṃ tathaiva ca .. 21.23 ..

and the Dārukeśvara sacred ford, and likewise Vyatīpāteśvara, / and the Pātāleśvara sacred ford, and likewise Koṭiyajña. // 21.23

6.3.21.24

iti caivottare kūle revāyā nṛpasattama .
amareśvarapārśve ca liṅgānyaṣṭottaraṃ śatam .. 21.24 ..

These are on the northern bank of the Revā, O best of kings, / and near Amareśvara are one hundred and eight liṅgas, // 21.24

6.3.21.25

varuṇeśvaramukhyāni sarvapāpaharāṇi ca .. 21.25 ..

chief of which is Varuṇeśvara, taking away all sins. // 21.25

6.3.21.26

māndhātṛpurapārśve ca siddheśvarayameśvarau .
oṅkārātpūrvabhāge ca kedāraṃ tīrthamuttamam .. 21.26 ..

And near Māndhātṛpura are Siddheśvara and Yameśvara, / and to the east of Oṅkāra is the excellent sacred ford Kedāra. // 21.26

6.3.21.27

tatsamīpe mahārāja svargadvāramaghāpaham .
nāmnā brahmeśvaraṃ puṇyaṃ saptasārasvataṃ puraḥ .. 21.27 ..

Near it, O great king, is the gate to heaven that removes sin; / in front is the holy [ford] named Brahmeśvara, and Saptasārasvata, // 21.27

6.3.21.28

rudrāṣṭakaṃ ca sāvitraṃ somatīrthaṃ tathaiva ca .
etāni dakṣiṇe tīre revāyā bharatarṣabha .. 21.28 ..

and Rudrāṣṭaka, Sāvitra, and likewise the Soma sacred ford. / These are on the southern bank of the Revā, O bull of the Bharatas. // 21.28

6.3.21.29

asmiṃstu parvate tāta rudrāṇāṃ koṭayaḥ sthitāḥ .
snānaistuṣṭirbhavetteṣāṃ gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ .. 21.29 ..

Indeed, dear one, crores of Rudras abide on this mountain. / They are pleased by ablutions, and by perfumes, garlands, and ointments. // 21.29

6.3.21.30

prītāste'pi bhavantyatra rudrā rājanna saṃśayaḥ .
japena pāpasaṃśuddhirdhyānenānantyamaśnute .. 21.30 ..

Those Rudras also become delighted here, O king, there is no doubt. / By recitation of mantras comes purification from sin; by meditation one attains eternity. // 21.30

6.3.21.31

dānena bhogānāpnoti ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .
parvatātpaścime deśe svayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ .
sthitaḥ praṇavarūpo'sau jagadādiḥ sanātanaḥ .. 21.31 ..

By giving gifts one obtains enjoyments; thus Śaṅkara declared. / In the western region from the mountain, the god Maheśvara himself / abides in the form of the praṇava, the source of the world, eternal. // 21.31

6.3.21.32

tatra snātvā śucirbhūtvā brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ .
pitṛkāryaṃ prakurvīta vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā .. 21.32 ..

Having bathed there, purified, celibate, with senses restrained, / one should perform ancestral rites according to prescribed ritual. // 21.32

6.3.21.33

tilodakena tatraiva tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .
ā saptamaṃ kulaṃ tasya svarge modati pāṇḍava .. 21.33 ..

Right there one should offer water with sesame to the ancestral deities. / Up to the seventh generation his family rejoices in heaven, O Pāṇḍava. // 21.33

6.3.21.34

ātmanā saha bhogāṃśca vividhān labhate sukhī .
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi krīḍate surapūjitaḥ .. 21.34 ..

Together with himself, happy, he obtains various enjoyments; / for sixty thousand years he disports, worshipped by the gods. // 21.34

6.3.21.35

modate suciraṃ kālaṃ pitṛpūjāphaladhitaḥ .
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jāyate vimale kule .. 21.35 ..

He rejoices for a very long time, sustained by the fruit of ancestral worship. / Then, fallen from heaven, he is born into an untainted family, // 21.35

6.3.21.36

dhanavāndānaśīlaśca nīrogo lokapūjitaḥ .
punaḥ smarati tattīrthaṃ gamanaṃ kurute punaḥ .. 21.36 ..

wealthy, generous, free from sickness, and honored by the world. / He remembers that sacred ford again and travels [there] once more. // 21.36

6.3.21.37

dvitīye janmani bhaveddhradasyānucarotkaṭaḥ .
tathaiva brahmacaryeṇa sopavāso jitendriyaḥ .. 21.37 ..

In a second birth, he becomes an ardent attendant of the pool; / likewise through celibacy, fasting, and restrained senses, // 21.37

6.3.21.38

sarvahiṃsānivṛttastu labhate phalamuttamam .
evaṃ dharmasamācāro yastu prāṇānparityajet .. 21.38 ..

and abstaining from all harm, he obtains the highest fruit. / One whose conduct is righteous in this way, who abandons his life, // 21.38

6.3.21.39

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ yadvai tannibodha narādhipa .
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi svarge modati pāṇḍava .. 21.39 ..

learn the meritorious fruit of that person, O king: / for a hundred thousand years he rejoices in heaven, O Pāṇḍava, // 21.39

6.3.21.40

apsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇe divyaśabdānunādite .
divyagandhānuliptāṅgo divyālaṅkārabhūṣitaḥ .. 21.40 ..

thronged by groups of apsarases, echoing with celestial sounds, / his limbs anointed with divine perfume, adorned with divine ornaments. // 21.40

6.3.21.41

krīḍate daivataiḥ sārddhaṃ siddhagandharvasaṃstutaḥ .
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo rājā bhavati vīryavān .. 21.41 ..

He disports along with the deities, praised by siddhas and gandharvas. / Then, fallen from heaven, he becomes a mighty king, // 21.41

6.3.21.42

hastyaśvarathayānaiśca dharmajñaḥ śāstratatparaḥ .
gṛhe stambhaśatākīrṇe sauvarṇe rajatānvite .. 21.42 ..

possessing elephants, horses, and chariots, knowing dharma, devoted to scripture. / In a house filled with a hundred pillars, of gold and furnished with silver, // 21.42

6.3.21.43

saptāṣṭabhūmisudvāre dāsīdāsasamākule .
mattamātaṅganiḥśvāsairvājiheṣitanāditaiḥ .. 21.43 ..

with seven or eight stories and fine doorways, crowded with female and male servants, / resounded by the sighs of rutting elephants and the neighing of horses, // 21.43

6.3.21.44

kṣubhyate tasya taddvāramindrasya bhuvanaṃ yathā .
rājarājeśvaraḥ śrīmānsarvastrījanavallabhaḥ .. 21.44 ..

whose gate surges like the abode of Indra, / an emperor of kings, glorious, dear to all women, // 21.44

6.3.21.45

tasmingṛhe vasitvā tu krīḍābhogasamanvitaḥ .
jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ .. 21.45 ..

living in that house endowed with play and enjoyment, / he would live for more than a hundred years, freed from all disease. // 21.45

6.3.21.46

evaṃ teṣāṃ bhavetsarvaṃ ye mṛtā hyamareśvare .
agnipraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryādbhaktyā hyamarakaṇṭake .. 21.46 ..

All this will befall those who die at Amareśvara. / One who enters fire with devotion at Amarakaṇṭaka, // 21.46

6.3.21.47

sa mṛtaḥ svargamāpnoti yāsyate paramāṃ gatim .
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham .. 21.47 ..

having died, reaches heaven, [and] will attain the supreme state. / Ablution, gift-giving, mantra recitation, oblation, whether auspicious or inauspicious, // 21.47

6.3.21.48

purāṇe śrūyate rājansarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet .
tasyāstīre tu ye vṛkṣāḥ patitāḥ kālaparyaye .. 21.48 ..

it is heard in the Purāṇa, O king, all becomes multiplied ten-millionfold. / But the trees on its bank that fall in the course of time, // 21.48

6.3.21.49

narmadātoyasaṃspṛṣṭāste yānti paramāṃ gatim .
anivṛttikā gatistasya pavanasyāmbare yathā .. 21.49 ..

touched by the waters of the Narmadā, go to the supreme state. / Non-returning is the destination of one who, like wind in the sky, // 21.49

6.3.21.50

patanaṃ kurute yastu tasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa .
kanyāstrīṇi sahasrāṇi pātāle bhogabhāginaḥ .. 21.50 ..

leaps down at that sacred ford, O ruler of men. / Three thousand maidens in Pātāla, sharers of pleasure, // 21.50

6.3.21.51

tiṣṭhanti bhavane tasya preṣaṇe prārthayanti ca .
divyabhogaiḥ susampannaḥ krīḍate kālam .. 21.51 ..

wait in his mansion and entreat to do his bidding. / Fully endowed with divine enjoyments, he disports for an [extended] time. // 21.51

6.3.21.52

pṛthivyāṃ hyāsamudrāyāṃ tādṛśo naiva jāyate .
yādṛśo'yaṃ naraśreṣṭha parvato'marakaṇṭakaḥ .. 21.52 ..

On the whole earth bounded by the oceans, there is indeed none that arises like this, / O best of men, like this Mount Amarakaṇṭaka.

6.3.21.53

tatra tīrthaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ parvatasyānu paścime .
hrado jāleśvaro nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ .. 21.53 ..

There a sacred ford is to be known, following the west of the mountain, / a pool named Jāleśvara, renowned in the three worlds.

6.3.21.54

tatra piṇḍapradānena sandhyopāsanakena tu .
pitaro dvādaśābdāni tarpitāstu bhavanti vai .. 21.54 ..

There, indeed, by offering ancestral food-balls and by worship during twilight rituals, / the ancestors remain satisfied for twelve years.

6.3.21.55

dakṣiṇe narmadātīre kapilā tu mahānadī .
saralārjunasaṃchannā khadirairupaśobhitā .. 21.55 ..

On the southern bank of the Narmadā, however, is the great river Kapilā, / overgrown with sarala and arjuna trees, adorned with khadiras,

6.3.21.56

mādhavīsallakībhiśca vallībhiścāpyalaṃkṛtā .
śvāpadairgarjamānaiśca gomāyuvānarādibhiḥ .. 21.56 ..

adorned with mādhavī and sallakī creepers, / and with roaring beasts of prey, jackals, monkeys, and others,

6.3.21.57

pakṣijātiviśeṣaiśca nityaṃ pramuditā nṛpa .
sāgraṃ koṭiśataṃ tatra ṛṣīṇāmiti śuśruma .. 21.57 ..

and ever made joyful by various kinds of birds, O king. / There, we have heard, more than a hundred million seers,

6.3.21.58

tapastaptvā gataṃ mokṣaṃ yeṣāṃ janma na cāgamaḥ .
yena tatra tapastaptaṃ kapilena mahātmanā .. 21.58 ..

having performed austerity, attained liberation, and having no more birth or return. / By the high-souled Kapila who performed austerity there,

6.3.21.59

tatra taccābhavattīrthaṃ puṇyaṃ siddhaniṣevitam .
yena sā kāpilaistāta sevitā ṛṣibhiḥ purā .. 21.59 ..

there arose that meritorious sacred ford frequented by the perfected ones. / Since in ancient times she was frequented by the seers who were followers of Kapila, O dear one,

6.3.21.60

tena sā kapilā nāma gītā pāpakṣayaṃkarī .
tatra koṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ tīrthānāmamareśvare .. 21.60 ..

therefore she is celebrated as Kapilā, destroying sins. / There, at Amareśvara, are more than a hundred million sacred fords.

6.3.21.61

ahorātroṣito bhūtvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ .
dānaṃ ca vidhivaddattvā yathāśaktyā dvijottame .. 21.61 ..

Having fasted for a day and night, one is freed from all evils. / And having properly given gifts according to one's capacity to the best of brahmins,

6.3.21.62

īśvarānugrahātsarvaṃ tatra koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet .
yasmādanakṣaraṃ rūpaṃ praṇavasyeha bhārata .. 21.62 ..

everything there becomes ten-million-fold by the grace of Īśvara. / Since the form of the praṇava here is imperishable, O Bhārata,

6.3.21.63

śivasvarūpasya tataḥ kṛtamātrākṣaraṃ bhavet .
tiryañcaḥ paśavaścaiva vṛkṣā gulmalatādayaḥ .. 21.63 ..

therefore, by merely reciting the syllable of Śiva's nature, it bears fruit. / Animals, beasts, trees, shrubs, and creepers,

6.3.21.64

te'pi tatra kṣayaṃ yātāḥ svargaṃ yānti na saṃśayaḥ .
viśalyā tatra yā proktā tatraiva tu mahānadī .. 21.64 ..

even they, meeting their end there, go to heaven without doubt. / The river Viśalyā, which is spoken of there, is indeed a great river right there.

6.3.21.65

snātvā dattvā yathānyāyaṃ tatrāpi sukṛtī bhavet .
tatra devagaṇāḥ sarve sakinnaramahoragāḥ .. 21.65 ..

Having bathed and given gifts there according to rule, one becomes a doer of good deeds. / There all the hosts of gods, along with kinnaras and great serpents,

6.3.21.66

yakṣarākṣasagandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ .
sarve samāgatāstāṃ vai paśyanti hyamareśvare .. 21.66 ..

yakṣas, rākṣasas, gandharvas, and seers rich in austerity, / all gather together and behold her at Amareśvara.

6.3.21.67

taiśca sarvaiḥ samāgamya vanditau tau śubhau kaṭau .
purā yuge mahāghore sarvalokabhayaṃkare .. 21.67 ..

And all of them, having assembled, worshipped those two auspicious banks. / Long ago, in a terrifying age frightful to all the worlds,

6.3.21.68

narmadāyāḥ sutastatra saśalyo viśalīkṛtaḥ .
sarvadevaiśca ṛṣibhirviśalyā tena sā smṛtā .. 21.68 ..

the son of Narmadā, pierced with a dart there, was freed of the dart / by all the gods and seers; therefore she is remembered as Viśalyā.

6.3.21.69

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
utpannā tu kathaṃ tāta viśalyā kapilā katham .
kathaṃ vā narmadāputraḥ śalyayukto'bhavanmune .. 21.69 ..

Yudhiṣṭhira said: / How, O dear one, was Viśalyā born, and how Kapilā? / And how did the son of Narmadā become pierced with a dart, O sage?

6.3.21.70

āścaryabhūtaṃ lokasya śrotumicchāmi suvrata .. 21.70 ..

I wish to hear this wonder of the world, O one of noble vows.

6.3.21.71

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
purā dākṣāyaṇī nāma sahitā śūlapāṇinā .
krīḍitvā narmadātoye parayā ca mudā nṛpa .. 21.71 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Formerly, the daughter of Dakṣa, accompanied by the trident-bearing [lord], / having sported in the waters of the Narmadā with supreme delight, O king,

6.3.21.72

jalāduttīrya sahasā vastramanyatsamāharat .
devyāstu snānavastraṃ tatpīḍitaṃ līlayā nṛpa .. 21.72 ..

stepped out of the water swiftly and took another garment. / The goddess's bathing garment, squeezed out playfully, O king,

6.3.21.73

sahitānucarībhistu indrāyudhanibhaṃ bhṛśam .
tasminniṣpīḍyamāne tu vāri yanniḥsṛtaṃ tadā .. 21.73 ..

together with her female attendants, greatly resembled Indra's bow [a rainbow]. / As it was being wrung out, the water that flowed forth then,

6.3.21.74

tasmādiyaṃ sarijjajñe kapilākhyā mahānadī .
saṃyogādaṅgarāgasya vastrodyatkapilaṃ jalam .. 21.74 ..

from that was born this river, the great river named Kapilā. / Through contact with body ointment, the water flowing from the cloth was tawny;

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galitaṃ tena kapilā varṇato nāmato'bhavat .
tathā gandharasairyuktaṃ nānāpuṣpaistu vāsitam .. 21.75 ..

it fell, and therefore it became Kapilā in color and in name. / Likewise filled with fragrant scents and perfumed with diverse flowers,

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nānāvarṇāruṇaṃ śubhraṃ vastrādyadvāri niḥsṛtam .
pīḍyamānaṃ karaiḥ śubhraistaistu pallavakomalaiḥ .. 21.76 ..

variegated in color, reddish, and bright was the water that flowed from the garment, / being wrung out by their radiant hands, soft as tender sprouts.

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kapilaṃ jalamiśraistu tasmādeṣā saridvarā .
kapilā cocyate tajjñaiḥ purāṇārthaviśāradaiḥ .. 21.77 ..

From the water mixed with tawny coloring, therefore, this best of rivers / is called Kapilā by those who know it, skilled in the meaning of the Purāṇas.

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eṣā vai vastrasambhūtā narmadātoyasambhavā .
mahāpuṇyatamā jñeyā kapilā sariduttamā .. 21.78 ..

She, born from the garment and originating from the waters of Narmadā, / should be known as most highly meritorious, the excellent river Kapilā.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye kapilāsaritsambhavavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the twenty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Origin of the River Kapilā,' in the Narmadāmāhātmya of the Revākhaṇḍa, in the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.